Three Cases of Escherichia coli Meningitis in Chicks Imported to Japan

Avian Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 135-138

  Kasuya, Kazufumi ^a   Shimokubo, Natsumi ^a   Kosuge, Chieko ^a   Takayama, Kou ^b   Yoshida, Eiji ^c   Osaka, Hiroyuki ^d  

^a Animal Quarantine Service   (Japan)

^b Animal Quarantine Service   (Japan)

^c Animal Quarantine Service   (Japan)

^d Chubu Diagnostic Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicks; Escherichia coli; histopathology; meningitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHICKEN; ECONOMICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; JAPAN; MENINGITIS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; POULTRY DISEASES;

EID: 85015609752     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/11443-060716-Case     Document Type: Article

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